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The compact Mac krewe
Posted by: Online persona on 2021-10-27 19:33:17
Here they are, my modest collection.
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All work, have had caps replaced, cases retrobrited, and floppies fixed.

The Plus I've had since 97'. The SE since 98'.

My first Mac was an SE. Bought new in April of 87' for $1800. (Great deal) Hot rodded over the years, 45 mg internal HD, 030 accelerator, boxer fan to replace the squirrel cage. Sold it in 92'. Should of kept it.
Posted by: Byrd on 2021-10-27 20:02:33
Sweet line of Macs there - and good work restoring every one - all should be good for another 20?
Posted by: MOS8_030 on 2021-10-27 20:27:46
Apple got a lot of mileage out of that form factor.
Posted by: Juror22 on 2021-10-27 21:06:52
An excellent lineup! A very nice lineup indeed - and so much work went into them, it really shows.
Posted by: Torbar on 2021-10-27 22:16:26
Nice collection!

Is the one all the way on the left a 128? or 512?

Which retrobrite method do you use?
Posted by: Online persona on 2021-10-27 22:17:28
Thanks! They were my project this year. Took advantage of the summer sun to do all the cases.

As for the form factor, I guess the modern iMac is the winner winner chicken dinner on longevity. What's it's been now, 17 years?
Posted by: Online persona on 2021-10-27 22:18:35
That's a 128k on the far left. Made in early October 84'. It's the one I had a lot of trouble with in another thread.
Posted by: Online persona on 2021-10-27 22:31:12
Oh and I use a retrobrite method I learned here. Salon 40 in a dog food container in the hot sun. Worked like a charm. Did all the keyboards as well.
Posted by: re4mat on 2021-10-28 02:48:55
Also, that console they're sitting on is gorgeous!
Posted by: Quadra on 2021-10-28 03:01:32
Wow that's stylish. Great work!
Posted by: cheesestraws on 2021-10-28 03:04:51
That's a really nice lineup! The compacts are my favourite computers, honestly, as æsthetic objects. There's something very satisfying about their proportions, somehow.
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